BCB's favourite KINKS songs poll 2017: results now on p.1!

[fange]

Just like we did with The Rolling Stones a few years ago, i'm thinking of running a poll to see which are BCB's favourite songs by The Kinks.

Make a list of your 20 favourite Kinks songs - 1 being your most favourite - and then you'll PM your list to me, or email it.

I'll give you about a month, and i'll tally the results and present the final order of the most popular songs in mid-August.

Have fun!

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(By the way, I can't seem to find the Rolling Stones poll thread with the search function.
Can somebody help with that? hatzy, Martha? Please leave me a link here if you can locate the thread. cheers.)

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So, a simple idea - let's find out which songs by The Kinks are the most popular amongst the people here on BCB.

I'd like to do it this way...

1. Make a list of your 20 favourite songs recorded by The Kinks. These songs can be from any time during their career, from any album or single, etc.

2. The number 1 song should be the one you love MOST, on down to number 20 in descending order of love (if that makes sense). I know this can be tough, but just try and do it on how you feel. It ain't rocket science.
I will then assign each number 1 song on people's lists 25 points, the number 2 song 24 points, etc, down to number 20 which will get 6 points.

3. Please DON'T post your lists here on this thread. I'd like to do it more personally without people being distracted by others' lists. Of course this thread can be all about people's thoughts, opinions, etc. but I DON'T want the actual lists here.
PLEASE PM ME YOUR LIST WHEN YOU ARE DONE. Or I can give you my email if needed.

That's it. I'll leave the poll open for about 1 month, about mid-August. Then i'll tally up the results and post them here.

So, get going on those lists!

[naughty boy]

Here you go...

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=129022

[fange]

Ta, JC.

Please remember, I have decided to tally and rank the songs according to -

1) how many people voted for them
2) how many points they received all together

If you want to play around and discuss the points total after, go ahead. But i ain't counting anything again unless i've made a mistake somewhere.

Oh, and please do tell me if i've made a mistake somewhere. Cheers.

[fange]

Ok, here we go! I've gone with a TOP 32 - the songs which received 5 votes or more.

Contributors – 1. fange 2. Davey 3. The Write Profile 4. Mike Boom 5. John Coan 6. Bent Fabric 7. Pcqgod 8. Quaco 9. Toomanyhatz 10. Sneelock 11. Martha 12. Goat Boy 13. Count Machuki 14. Rayge 15. NMB 16. Kaspar 17. Osgood 18. Penk 19. neville harp 20. Baron 21. T. Willy Rye 22. The Modernist 23. Footy 24. Duncan V 25. never/ever

The first set of results...

32. Lazy Old Sun
(5 votes – fange; Quaco; GB; Kaspar; Baron) 11 + 12 + 12 + 13 + 6 = 54 points




31. Too Much On My Mind
(5 votes – Davey; Write Profile; GB; The Count; Baron) 14 + 20 + 10 + 15 + 10 = 69 points




30. Animal Farm
(5 votes – Davey; Quaco; The Count; Baron; T. Willy) 18 + 22 + 21 + 8 + 10 = 79 points




28. Strangers
(5 votes – Mike Boom; Quaco; Martha; Osgood; Duncan) 8 + 21 + 20 + 10 + 25 = 84 points




28. Big Sky
(6 votes – Davey; Bent; The Count; Footy; Duncan) 17 + 22 + 25 + 6 + 14 = 84 points




27. People Take Pictures of Each Other
(6 votes – hatz; Rayge; NMB; Kaspar; penk; n/e) 19 + 11 + 9 + 15 + 24 + 6 = 84 points




26. Celluloid Heroes
(6 votes – fange; Mike Boom; Quaco; sneelock; NMB; Osgood) 6 + 21 + 16 + 14 + 20 + 9 = 86 points




25. Two Sisters
(6 votes – Write Profile; Bent; pcqgod; The Count; Kaspar; penk) 9 + 20 + 22 + 13 + 21 + 18 = 103 points




24. Do You Remember Walter
(6 votes – Mike Boom; pcqgod; The Count; penk; Baron; Duncan) 16 + 16 + 23 + 21 + 11 + 21 = 108 points





22. I Need You
(7 votes – JC; Bent; hatz; The Count; Kaspar; nev; Baron) 7 + 24 + 13 + 20 + 23 + 12 + 17 = 116 points




22. Dedicated Follower of Fashion
(7 votes – Martha; Osgood; penk; nev; T. Willy; Footy; n/e) 21 + 19 + 8 + 14 + 20 + 12 + 22 = 116 points




21. Death of a Clown
(7 votes – Mike Boom, JC; GB; Rayge; Osgood; penk; n/e) 13 + 25 + 18 + 23 + 17 + 17 + 24 = 137 points



More to come tomorrow.

[fange]

20. Autumn Almanac
(8 votes – Davey; Mike Boom; JC; sneelock; Rayge; NMB; penk; n/e) 15 + 12 + 16 + 8 + 18 + 25 + 16 + 14 = 124 points




19. This Is Where I Belong
(8 votes – Davey; Write Profile; Bent; hatz; Martha; GB; nev; Baron) 24 + 23 + 21 + 12 + 9 + 16 + 19 + 25 = 149 points




18. Lola
(9 votes – fange; Write Profile; Mike Boom; martha; GB; The Count; NMB; nev; Footy) 14 + 16 + 7 + 16 + 9 + 11 + 21 + 20 + 10 = 124 points




17. The Village Green Preservation Society
(9 votes – Mike Boom; JC; Quaco; martha; Kaspar; Osgood; penk; nev; Duncan) 11 + 23 + 14 + 6 + 17 + 11 + 20 + 10 + 23 = 135 points




16. Set Me Free
(10 votes – Davey; JC; Bent; Quaco; Rayge; Kaspar; nev; Baron; T. Willy; Footy) 19 + 6 + 13 + 6 + 14 + 14 + 8 + 14 + 17 + 19 = 130 points




15. Picture Book
(10 votes – Write Profile; hatz; Martha; NMB; Kaspar; penk; nev; Baron; Footy; Duncan) 11 + 20 + 18 + 12 + 9 + 22 + 16 + 7 + 13 + 15 = 143 points




14. Where Have All The Good Times Gone
(11 votes – fange; Write Profile; Mike Boom; Bent; hatz; sneelock; GB; NMB; Kaspar; nev; Baron) 8 + 13 + 15 + 9 + 15 + 12 + 8 + 24 + 12 + 23 + 24 = 163 points




13. Shangri-La
(12 votes – fange; Davey; Mike Boom; Bent; Quaco; hatz; sneelock; GB; The Count; penk; Baron; T. Willy) 20 + 9 + 17 + 18 + 13 + 24 + 7 + 11 + 9 + 9 + 9 + 13 = 159 points




12. David Watts
(12 votes – Davey; Write Profile; Mike Boom; JC; pcqgod; martha; GB; penk; Baron; T. Willy; Duncan; n/e) 6 + 14 + 14 + 21 + 21 + 23 + 7 + 14 + 12 + 8 + 20 + 19 = 179 points




11. See My Friends
(12 votes – fange; Write Profile; JC; Quaco; GB; Rayge; nev; Baron; Moddie; Footy; Duncan; n/e) 19 + 21 + 15 + 7 + 20 + 20 + 7 + 21 + 24 + 22 + 10 + 12 = 198 points




Top 10 coming tomorrow.

[fange]

And here are your Top 10...


10. I’m Not Like Everybody Else
(13 votes – fange; Davey; Write Profile; Bent; Martha; Goat Boy; Rayge; Kaspar; nev; T. Willy; Moddie; Duncan; n/e) 13 + 16 + 25 + 17 + 8 + 23 + 10 + 19 + 24 + 21 + 23 + 8 + 15 = 222 points




9. Tired of Waiting For You
(15 votes – Davey; Write Profile; Mike Boom; Bent; Quaco; hatz; sneelock; GB; Rayge; Baron; T. Willy; Moddie; Footy; Duncan; n/e) 11 + 7 + 18 + 19 + 24 + 21 + 17 + 19 + 17 + 16 + 18 + 16 + 16 + 9 + 16 = 244 points




8. Dead End Street
(15 votes – fange; Write Profile; Mike Boom; JC; GB; Rayge; NMB; Osgood; penk; nev; T. Willy; Moddie; Footy; Duncan; n/e) 25 + 19 + 24 + 10 + 17 + 19 + 22 + 18 + 7 + 22 + 9 + 25 + 14 + 7 + 13 = 251 points




7. Sunny Afternoon
(15 votes – fange; Write Profile; Mike Boom; JC; Bent; hatz; sneelock; GB; Rayge; Osgood; nev; T. Willy; Footy; Duncan; n/e) 10 + 18 + 23 + 22 + 23 + 22 + 25 + 14 + 22 + 24 + 15 + 22 + 20 + 24 + 20 = 304 points




6. Till The End of the Day
(16 votes – fange; Write Profile; JC; Bent; Quaco; hatz; sneelock; Martha; Goat Boy; The Count; Kaspar; nev; Baron; T. Willy; Footy; n/e) 18 + 10 + 20 + 16 + 10 + 16 + 15 + 10 + 21 + 17 + 20 + 18 + 23 + 25 + 8 + 17 = 264 points




5. All Day and All of the Night
(16 votes – fange; Mike Boom; Bent; Quaco; hatz; sneelock; Martha; Goat Boy; Rayge; Kaspar; Osgood; nev; Baron; T. Willy; Footy; n/e) 23 + 6 + 10 + 20 + 6 + 19 + 25 + 22 + 16 + 24 + 22 + 11 + 18 + 19 + 18 + 23 = 282 points




4. Days
(19 votes – fange; Davey; Write Profile; Mike Boom; Bent; pcqgod; Quaco; hatz; Martha; Goat Boy; Rayge; NMB; Kaspar; Osgood; penk; nev; Baron; Moddie; Footy) 12 + 22 + 12 + 19 + 25 + 18 + 17 + 25 + 11 + 25 + 24 + 16 + 6 + 25 + 25 + 6 + 15 + 21 + 23 = 347 points




3. Victoria
(20 votes – fange; Davey; Write Profile; Mike Boom; JC; Bent; pcqgod; hatz; sneelock; Martha; The Count; NMB; Kaspar; Osgood; penk; Baron; T. Willy; Moddie; Duncan; n/e) 24 + 20 + 17 + 22 + 24 + 8 + 14 + 17 + 24 + 19 + 16 + 15 + 11 + 12 + 19 + 13 + 11 + 22 + 6 + 11 = 325 points




2. You Really Got Me
(21 votes – fange; Davey; Write Profile; Mike Boom; JC; Bent; pcqgod; Quaco; hatz; sneelock; Martha; GB; The Count; Rayge; Kaspar; nev; Baron; T. Willy; Footy; Duncan; n/e) 17 + 25 + 6 + 20 + 12 + 15 + 25 + 25 + 18 + 21 + 17 + 15 + 24 + 21 + 25 + 21 + 22 + 15 + 24 + 19 + 25 = 412 points




1. Waterloo Sunset
(23 votes – fange; Davey; Write Profile; Mike Boom; JC; Bent; pcqgod; Quaco; hatz; sneelock; Martha; Goat Boy; The Count; Rayge; Osgood; penk; nev; Baron; T. Willy; Moddie; Footy; Duncan; n/e) 22 + 23 + 24 + 25 + 19 + 12 + 6 + 18 + 23 + 20 + 22 + 24 + 22 + 25 + 23 + 15 + 25 + 19 + 24 + 17 + 25 + 13 + 18 = 464 points

[fange]

And here is the complete list of songs voted for...

 20th Century Man – (3 votes – Write Profile; sneelock; Osgood) 8 + 16 + 7 = 31 points

 A House In The Country – (1 vote – Duncan) 16 points

 A Long Way From Home – (1 vote – pcqgod) 11 points

 A Well Respected Man – (2 votes – Martha; Rayge) 15 + 13 = 28 points

 All Day and All of the Night – (16 votes – fange; Mike Boom; Bent; Quaco; hatz; sneelock; Martha; Goat Boy; Rayge; Kaspar; Osgood; nev; Baron; T. Willy; Footy; n/e) 23 + 6 + 10 + 20 + 6 + 19 + 25 + 22 + 16 + 24 + 22 + 11 + 18 + 19 + 18 + 23 = 282 points

 All of My Friends Were There – (1 vote – Quaco) 19 points

 Animal Farm – (5 votes – Davey; Quaco; The Count; Baron; T. Willy) 18 + 22 + 21 + 8 + 10 = 79 points

 Apeman – (3 votes – hatz; NMB; T. Willy) 7 + 10 + 6 = 23 points

 Around The Dial – (1 vote – pcqgod) 8 points

 Arthur – (1 vote – NMB) 19 points

 Australia – (2 votes – Quaco; NMB) 15 + 11 = 26 points

 Autumn Almanac – (8 votes – Davey; Mike Boom; JC; sneelock; Rayge; NMB; penk; n/e) 15 + 12 + 16 + 8 + 18 + 25 + 16 + 14 = 124 points

 Better Things – (1 vote – NMB) 7 points

 Big Black Smoke – (3 votes – JC; pcqgod; Moddie) 14 + 15 + 20 = 49 points

 Big Sky – (6 votes – Davey; Bent; The Count; Footy; Duncan) 17 + 22 + 25 + 6 + 14 = 84 points

 Brainwashed – (2 votes – pcqgod; T. Willy) 13 + 12 = 25 points

 Celluloid Heroes – (6 votes – fange; Mike Boom; Quaco; sneelock; NMB; Osgood) 6 + 21 + 16 + 14 + 20 + 9 = 86 points

 Come Dancing – (3 votes – pcqgod; Martha; Rayge) 10 + 24 + 12 = 46 points

 Come On Now – (3 votes – pcqgod; sneelock; nev) 24 + 6 + 9 = 39 points

 David Watts – (12 votes – Davey; Write Profile; Mike Boom; JC; pcqgod; martha; GB; penk; Baron; T. Willy; Duncan; n/e) 6 + 14 + 14 + 21 + 21 + 23 + 7 + 14 + 12 + 8 + 20 + 19 = 179 points

 Days – (19 votes – fange; Davey; Write Profile; Mike Boom; Bent; pcqgod; Quaco; hatz; Martha; Goat Boy; Rayge; NMB; Kaspar; Osgood; penk; nev; Baron; Moddie; Footy) 12 + 22 + 12 + 19 + 25 + 18 + 17 + 25 + 11 + 25 + 24 + 16 + 6 + 25 + 25 + 6 + 15 + 21 + 23 = 347 points

 Dead End Street – (15 votes – fange; Write Profile; Mike Boom; JC; GB; Rayge; NMB; Osgood; penk; nev; T. Willy; Moddie; Footy; Duncan; n/e) 25 + 19 + 24 + 10 + 17 + 19 + 22 + 18 + 7 + 22 + 9 + 25 + 14 + 7 + 13 = 251 points

 Death of a Clown – (7 votes – Mike Boom, JC; GB; Rayge; Osgood; penk; n/e) 13 + 25 + 18 + 23 + 17 + 17 + 24 = 137 points

 Dedicated Follower of Fashion – (7 votes – Martha; Osgood; penk; nev; T. Willy; Footy; n/e) 21 + 19 + 8 + 14 + 20 + 12 + 22 = 116 points

 Destroyer – (1 vote – Martha) 13

 Do You Remember Walter – (6 votes – Mike Boom; pcqgod; The Count; penk; Baron; Duncan) 16 + 16 + 23 + 21 + 11 + 21 = 108 points

 Drivin’ – (2 votes – NMB; Duncan) 14 + 11 = 25 points

 Everybody’s Gonna Be Happy – (4 votes – Write Profile; sneelock; T. Willy; Duncan) 15 + 11 + 23 + 18 = 67 points

 Fancy – (4 votes – fange; pcqgod; Moddie; Duncan) 15 + 23 + 18 + 17 = 73 points

 Get Back In The Line – (4 votes – Davey; Quaco; hatz; penk) 7 + 23 + 11 + 13 = 54 points

 God’s Children – (3 votes – Mike Boom; JC; NMB) 9 + 18 + 23 = 50 points

 Harry Rag – (3 votes – JC; hatz; penk) 11 + 8 + 6 = 25 points

 He’s Evil – (1 vote – sneelock) 9 points

 Hold My Hand – (1 vote – penk) 12 points

 Holloway Jail – (1 vote – Osgood) 16 points

 I Go To Sleep – (1 vote – Kaspar) 18 points

 I Need You (7 votes – JC; Bent; hatz; The Count; Kaspar; nev; Baron) 7 + 24 + 13 + 20 + 23 + 12 + 17 = 116 points

 I’m Not Like Everybody Else – (13 votes – fange; Davey; Write Profile; Bent; Martha; Goat Boy; Rayge; Kaspar; nev; T. Willy; Moddie; Duncan; n/e) 13 + 16 + 25 + 17 + 8 + 23 + 10 + 19 + 24 + 21 + 23 + 8 + 15 = 222 points

 I’m On An Island – (2 votes – Write Profile; sneelock) 22 + 13 = 35 points

 Jack the Idiot Dunce – (1 vote – NMB) 13 points

 Johnny Thunder – (4 votes – The Count; penk; Footy; n/e) 18 + 23 + 11 + 8 = 60 points

 King Kong – (2 votes – sneelock; Kaspar) 10 + 16 = 26 points

 Last of the Steam-Powered Trains – (2 votes – The Count; Footy) 7 + 21 = 28 points

 Lavender Hill – (2 votes – fange; n/e) 21 + 9 = 30 points

 Lazy Old Sun – (5 votes – fange; Quaco; GB; Kaspar; Baron) 11 + 12 + 12 + 13 + 6 = 54 points

 Little Miss Queen of Darkness – (2 votes – T. Willy; Footy) 14 + 7 = 21 points

 Lola – (9 votes – fange; Write Profile; Mike Boom; martha; GB; The Count; NMB; nev; Footy) 14 + 16 + 7 + 16 + 9 + 11 + 21 + 20 + 10 = 124 points

 Love Me Till The Sun Shines – (3 votes – Davey; NMB; T. Willy) 8 + 8 + 7 = 23 points

 Low Budget – (1 vote – Martha) 12 points

 Memories – (1 vote – Kaspar) 10 points

 Milk Cow Blues – (2 votes – hatz; Kaspar) 10 + 22 = 32 points

 Mindless Child of Motherhood – (2 votes – Mike Boom; nev) 10 + 17 = 27 points

 Monica – (1 vote – Quaco) 9 points

 Mr. Churchill Says – (1 vote – The Count) 6 points

 Mr. Pleasant – (2 votes – sneelock; Osgood) 22 + 20 = 42 points

 Never Met A Girl Like You – (1 vote – Baron) 20 points

 No Return – (1 vote – Bent) 6 points

 Nothin' in the World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl – (1 vote – The Count) 14 points

 Out of the Wardrobe – (1 vote – pcqgod) 7 points

 Party Line – (1 vote – penk) 11 points

 People Take Pictures of Each Other – (6 votes – hatz; Rayge; NMB; Kaspar; penk; n/e) 19 + 11 + 9 + 15 + 24 + 6 = 84 points

 Phenomenal Cat – (3 votes – fange; JC; Bent) 7 + 17 + 14 = 38 points

 Picture Book – (10 votes – Write Profile; hatz; Martha; NMB; Kaspar; penk; nev; Baron; Footy; Duncan) 11 + 20 + 18 + 12 + 9 + 22 + 16 + 7 + 13 + 15 = 143 points

 Plastic Man – (3 votes – pcqgod; NMB; n/e) 19 + 18 + 7 = 44 points

 Powerman – (1 vote – Martha) 7 points

 Rainy Day In June – (4 votes – Bent; GB; penk; Moddie) 11 + 6 + 10 + 19 = 46 points

 Rosy Won’t You Please Come Home – (2 votes – Osgood; Duncan) 14 + 22 = 36 points

 Scattered – (1 vote – Osgood) 6 points

 See My Friends – (12 votes – fange; Write Profile; JC; Quaco; GB; Rayge; nev; Baron; Moddie; Footy; Duncan; n/e) 19 + 21 + 15 + 7 + 20 + 20 + 7 + 21 + 24 + 22 + 10 + 12 = 198 points

 Session Man – (1 vote – Quaco) 8 points

 Set Me Free – (10 votes – Davey; JC; Bent; Quaco; Rayge; Kaspar; nev; Baron; T. Willy; Footy) 19 + 6 + 13 + 6 + 14 + 14 + 8 + 14 + 17 + 19 = 130 points

 Shangri-La – (12 votes – fange; Davey; Mike Boom; Bent; Quaco; hatz; sneelock; GB; The Count; penk; Baron; T. Willy) 20 + 9 + 17 + 18 + 13 + 24 + 7 + 11 + 9 + 9 + 9 + 13 = 159 points

 She’s Bought A Hat Like Princess Marina – (1 vote – Osgood) 13 points

 She’s Got Everything – (3 votes – fange; Davey; pcqgod) 16 + 13 + 20 = 49 points

 Sitting In My Hotel – (1 vote – Osgood) 8 points

 Situation Vacant – (2 votes – Kaspar; Duncan) 8 + 12 = 20 points

 Skin and Bones – (2 votes – pcqgod; NMB) 12 + 17 = 29 points

 Starstruck – (3 votes – JC; sneelock; Footy) 9 + 18 + 17 = 44 points

 Stop Your Sobbing – (4 votes – Quaco; hatz; Footy; n/e) 11 + 9 + 15 + 21 = 56 points

 Strangers – (5 votes – Mike Boom; Quaco; Martha; Osgood; Duncan) 8 + 21 + 20 + 10 + 25 = 84 points

 Sunny Afternoon – (15 votes – fange; Write Profile; Mike Boom; JC; Bent; hatz; sneelock; GB; Rayge; Osgood; nev; T. Willy; Footy; Duncan; n/e) 10 + 18 + 23 + 22 + 23 + 22 + 25 + 14 + 22 + 24 + 15 + 22 + 20 + 24 + 20 = 304 points

 Susannah’s Still Alive – (1 vote – nev) 13 points

 Sweet Lady Genevieve – (3 votes – fange; JC; The Count) 9 + 13 + 10 = 32 points

 Tell Me Now So I Know – (1 vote – The Count) 19 points

 The Village Green Preservation Society – (9 votes – Mike Boom; JC; Quaco; martha; Kaspar; Osgood; penk; nev; Duncan) 11 + 23 + 14 + 6 + 17 + 11 + 20 + 10 + 23 = 135 points

 The Way Love Used To Be – (1 vote – Davey) 10 points

 There's a Change in the Weather – (1 vote – The Count) 8 points

 There’s No Life Without Love – (1 vote – GB) 13 points

 This Is Where I Belong – (8 votes – Davey; Write Profile; Bent; hatz; Martha; GB; nev; Baron) 24 + 23 + 21 + 12 + 9 + 16 + 19 + 25 = 149 points

 This Time Tomorrow – (3 votes – Martha; The Count; Footy) 14 + 12 + 9 = 35 points

 Till The End of the Day – (16 votes – fange; Write Profile; JC; Bent; Quaco; hatz; sneelock; Martha; Goat Boy; The Count; Kaspar; nev; Baron; T. Willy; Footy; n/e) 18 + 10 + 20 + 16 + 10 + 16 + 15 + 10 + 21 + 17 + 20 + 18 + 23 + 25 + 8 + 17 = 264 points

 Time Will Tell – (1 vote – Kaspar) 7 points

 Tin Soldier Man – (1 vote – n/e) 10 points

 Tired of Waiting For You – (15 votes – Davey; Write Profile; Mike Boom; Bent; Quaco; hatz; sneelock; GB; Rayge; Baron; T. Willy; Moddie; Footy; Duncan; n/e) 11 + 7 + 18 + 19 + 24 + 21 + 17 + 19 + 17 + 16 + 18 + 16 + 16 + 9 + 16 = 244 points

 Too Much On My Mind – (5 votes – Davey; Write Profile; GB; The Count; Baron) 14 + 20 + 10 + 15 + 10 = 69 points

 Two Sisters – (6 votes – Write Profile; Bent; pcqgod; The Count; Kaspar; penk) 9 + 20 + 22 + 13 + 21 + 18 = 103 points

 Victoria – (20 votes – fange; Davey; Write Profile; Mike Boom; JC; Bent; pcqgod; hatz; sneelock; Martha; The Count; NMB; Kaspar; Osgood; penk; Baron; T. Willy; Moddie; Duncan; n/e) 24 + 20 + 17 + 22 + 24 + 8 + 14 + 17 + 24 + 19 + 16 + 15 + 11 + 12 + 19 + 13 + 11 + 22 + 6 + 11 = 325 points

 Village Green – (3 votes – Davey; pcqgod; Osgood) 12 + 17 + 15 = 44 points

 Waterloo Sunset – (23 votes – fange; Davey; Write Profile; Mike Boom; JC; Bent; pcqgod; Quaco; hatz; sneelock; Martha; Goat Boy; The Count; Rayge; Osgood; penk; nev; Baron; T. Willy; Moddie; Footy; Duncan; n/e) 22 + 23 + 24 + 25 + 19 + 12 + 6 + 18 + 23 + 20 + 22 + 24 + 22 + 25 + 23 + 15 + 25 + 19 + 24 + 17 + 25 + 13 + 18 = 464 points

 Well Respected Man – (2 votes – sneelock; T. Willy) 23 + 16 = 39 points

 Where Have All The Good Times Gone – (11 votes – fange; Write Profile; Mike Boom; Bent; hatz; sneelock; GB; NMB; Kaspar; nev; Baron) 8 + 13 + 15 + 9 + 15 + 12 + 8 + 24 + 12 + 23 + 24 = 163 points

 Who’ll Be The Next In Line – (1 vote – NMB) 6 points

 Word of Mouth – (1 vote – pcqgod) 9 points

 Wonderboy – (3 votes – Davey; JC; Rayge) 21 + 8 + 15 = 44 points

 Yes Sir, No Sir – (2 votes – Bent; hatz) 7 + 14 = 21 points

 You Can’t Stop the Music – (1 vote – Osgood) 21 points

 You Really Got Me – (21 votes – fange; Davey; Write Profile; Mike Boom; JC; Bent; pcqgod; Quaco; hatz; sneelock; Martha; GB; The Count; Rayge; Kaspar; nev; Baron; T. Willy; Footy; Duncan; n/e) 17 + 25 + 6 + 20 + 12 + 15 + 25 + 25 + 18 + 21 + 17 + 15 + 24 + 21 + 25 + 21 + 22 + 15 + 24 + 19 + 25 = 412 points

[fange]

And we have our first two lists in!

[Davey the Fat Boy]

Black Messiah 20 times!

[BARON CORNY DOG]

Cool project! This should be easier for me than the Stones thing was.

Revisiting some of this stuff in haphazard fashion and two things jump out at me (again). First, the singles that came after Kinda Kinks (Set Me Free/I Need You & See My Friends/Never Met A Girl Like You Before) are an obvious, early high water mark for me. Also, VGPS sounds so thin to me. I would like it to be a little denser (sonically), maybe like Odessey & Oracle. Like a lot of Kinks records, Davies really carries them almost singlehandedly by virtue of his voice and the melody.

[Muskrat]

Favorites include Dead End Street, Little Miss Queen of Darkness, and the usual stuff.

[fange]

Also, VGPS sounds so thin to me. I would like it to be a little denser (sonically), maybe like Odessey & Oracle. Like a lot of Kinks records, Davies really carries them almost singlehandedly by virtue of his voice and the melody.

That's an interesting notion, one i'll keep in mind when i'm re-listening to the albums in the coming weeks.

[The Write Profile]

Cool project! This should be easier for me than the Stones thing was.

Revisiting some of this stuff in haphazard fashion and two things jump out at me (again). First, the singles that came after Kinda Kinks (Set Me Free/I Need You & See My Friends/Never Met A Girl Like You Before) are an obvious, early high water mark for me. Also, VGPS sounds so thin to me. I would like it to be a little denser (sonically), maybe like Odessey & Oracle. Like a lot of Kinks records, Davies really carries them almost singlehandedly by virtue of his voice and the melody.

That's an interesting comment, I guess that as much as I love Village Green, it is caught in its own little world. It's beautifully wrought, but it lacks the clear-eyed and sharp sense of attack of Face to Face , which really has its sights on the modern society. Admittedly, there is a bitterness to some songs ("Party Line") and a sense of emotional burnout to others ("Rosie Won't You Please Come Home", "Too Much on My Mind"), but throughout, Davies sounds thoroughly engaged in the present. As a result, the best tracks sparkle with a melodic wit ("Sunny Afternoon", "I Remember", "House in the Country"). Face to Face (and to a lesser extent Something Else) is the record where all the pieces come into place, Village Green is the record where they try to run from the present.

It's interesting that you mentioned Odessey & Oracle. For years, I found it overly prissy and florid, but then one day it all seemed to come into place and sounded just right for what it was. True, I think some of the tracks could do with a bit of the toughness that "Time of the Season" invokes, but overall it's a very complete record, full of optimism and hope.

[pcqgod]

List submitted.

[Abashed]

Please use my votes wisely.

Village Green
Last of The Steam Powered Trains
Fancy
The Village Green Preservation Society
This is Where I Belong
Rainy Day In June
She's Got Everything
Love Me Till The Sun Shines
Two Sisters
Waterloo Sunset
This Is Where I Belong
Ring The Bells
When I See That Girl of Mine
Where Have All The Good Times Gone
I Need You
You've Really Got Me
All The Day and All of The Night
See My Friends
Tired of Waiting For You
Johnny Thunder
Sunny Afternoon

[Quaco]

DONE.

[fange]

The lists are rolling in, nice!

[Davey the Fat Boy]

So hard to keep a list to 20. So many favorites didn't make the cut..

[fange]

So hard to keep a list to 20. So many favorites didn't make the cut..

That's why i'm gonna take heaps of time to choose, get a good snap of my 20 faves in the summer of '17. It's all about the journey.

[toomanyhatz]

Sent my list in. Surprised how easy it was. I may yet remember the one I overlooked, but the lifelong favorites are in there.